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OPEN RIDES & EVENTS => Past Rides : Pictures, Discussion, & Carnage => Topic started by: tjsahara00 on May 15, 2020, 06:22:01 PM
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How is it out there today?
Post when you can....
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Sunny and dry! Wish I could have made it
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Got this from sam earlier today.
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It’s nice. Warm and dry. A little dusty. No one here but us basically. Hit several trails and no carnage from our group yet, a guy that jumped in with us broke his rear DS.
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Great couple of days of trail riding but unfortunately not without some carnage.
@jesseshoots - tore a front brake line. We were able to crimp it for him to try to limp to a parts store
@Big Dave had some overheating issues. Had to call it a day earlier than he wanted
@Grass Janitor chewed up his driveshafts. Limping home right now
Conditions were great - bone dry and nice and cool last night for camping
Dave and I made it up playground, I made it up boat ramp
Thanks Sam for the Videos!
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Nice!
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Went to climb up Hells Revenge & quickly discovered it was in 4 wheel high.
Got it in 4 low & crawled about 1/2 way before my son said it was pouring out fluid.
I figured a stick got the radiator.
Pull to a level spot & saw it pouring out of the cap & overflow bottle.
Found out the e fan stopped working & I think mechanical fan is shot too.
Sat there for about a hour waiting for the engine cool off. Then we filled the radiator (it was empty) with some nasty ass water & drove back to camp just fine.
Loaded up & came home.
Still had a blast.
Big thanks to Rob for spotting me on Playground & taking us up Teepee.
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That sucks @Grass Janitor tore up his drive shafts. When did that happen?
Upon further inspection it looks like the tire clipped the hard line on the frame and caused it to give way. I’m gonna adjust my steering stops to make sure this doesn’t happen again. FYI, TJ proportioning valve threads for front lines is 3/8”-24
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I’ve got a video of you getting up the first part of Boat Ramp @TravisMac. I’ll post it up in a bit.
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Glad you got it home! Did our crimp hold or did you go buy a bolt?
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Glad you got it home! Did our crimp hold or did you go buy a bolt?
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The crimp held to get me to Lowe’s at 21 and 431. I went in and bought a bolt just to be safe
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Driver error. I'll leave it on 4 low from now own.
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Playground
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Nice work on Playground. That’s heck of a trail
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Hmmm I guess that’s what it’s there for, but wow
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Hmmm I guess that’s what it’s there for, but wow
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Scott did something similar to his.
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Exactly why it’s there!
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Had a great time both days. Nice to meet Rob and Jesse and wheel some great conditions. Left the park and when I hit the main road heading south to I-20 I felt a vibration under my feet and in the steering wheel. Pulled over to inspect and it was the front drive shaft. The rubber boot at the T-case end ruptured and slung out all the grease. Thanks to some advice from @TravisMac I pulled the front drive shaft. Those little bolts at the TC are a pain in the ass! Got that started and looked back to see my rear was chewed up and twisted as well. The joints looked good so I decided to try going home all back roads which took an extra hour but it was a nice afternoon for a drive in the Jeep with the top down so it wasn't too bad. I had drive shafts on my list of upgrades I knew would need to happen soon but wasn't planning on this soon. Hoping maybe someone who went to tons has some they need to get rid of. I'm going to have to do a crossmember, TC skid, and gas tank skid too, mine are all beat to hell.
Anyway, made it home at 7 which was my target to begin with, glad we called it a day when we did, sucks it was due to getting @jesseshoots back to camp. That was a scary situation! Didn't get too many pictures, sent out all the videos via text.
@outlawoffroad on Boat Ramp:
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Dave on Playground:
(https://i.imgur.com/eRkU13a.jpg)
Front DS damage:
(https://i.imgur.com/0YojRp3.jpg)
Rear DS damage:
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I'm about over my Synergy tie rod. It's strong as hell and takes a beating but every time I go wheeling it gets pushed out of position and I have to reset it.
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Sam, they sell something that will keep your tie rod from rocking back and forth like that, I’ll try to find a link in the interwebs and send it over.
Had a blast yesterday, had my 4 year old along for her first ride. She had a blast, although not sure if it was playing in the dirt or wheeling. Either way, really enjoyed getting her out on the trails. Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming with her.
BTW, nice to finally meet you Jesse.
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Next step may need to be trailering
It's a game changer....
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Sam, they sell something that will keep your tie rod from rocking back and forth like that, I’ll try to find a link in the interwebs and send it over.
Had a blast yesterday, had my 4 year old along for her first ride. She had a blast, although not sure if it was playing in the dirt or wheeling. Either way, really enjoyed getting her out on the trails. Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming with her.
BTW, nice to finally meet you Jesse.
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https://www.quadratec.com/p/synergy-manufacturing/low-misalignment-tre-dust-boots-07-17-jeep-wrangler-jk?gclid=CjwKCAjwwYP2BRBGEiwAkoBpAnRugmj7aJfX1OBUmFHl6c_gD7x09uu3bXaz_K3I4f1UztzFbisddhoCUv8QAvD_BwE
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Next step may need to be trailering
It's a game changer....
Would love to just not in the cards right now. Trying to get there eventually. Definitely would ease my mind a make the whole process much simpler.
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Sam, they sell something that will keep your tie rod from rocking back and forth like that, I’ll try to find a link in the interwebs and send it over.
Had a blast yesterday, had my 4 year old along for her first ride. She had a blast, although not sure if it was playing in the dirt or wheeling. Either way, really enjoyed getting her out on the trails. Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming with her.
BTW, nice to finally meet you Jesse.
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I think these?
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That’s the one
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We sure had a rough go at it yesterday! Still had a blast and can’t wait to do it again. Great meeting you guys and glad everyone made it home safe, albeit maybe a little slower than we’d have liked
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@TravisMac making boat ramp look easy
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@TravisMac making boat ramp look easy
Great angle - thanks!
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Must be those fancy shocks
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Fail
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Another view of Big Dave giving it the beans